Where oh where has kidney been?

Mishmash of color

More dishcloths today. These are a quick distraction from other projects I’m working on, but can’t show. First of all, I’m crocheting some top secret items for my Swap Swap Gals appointed recipient Katrina. We’re not technically swap partners since each person delivers to next down a list. Most of the projects for Katrina are crochet, but there’s also an intermediate knit piece that I’m excited to finish.

Also, I’m spending some time on a picture tutorial for the Through Any Window Baby Blanket. I’ve got about half of it photographed and, as usual, I’ll have left and right handed photos included.

And there’s good news about the camera: my brother had a look and ‘broke’ the lens back into place. Was that all? In any case I’m happy to get my little PowerShot back in working order!

James G. Davis adapted this design for a twelve inch Sunny Skies Square. So, if you’re not a dishcloth kind of person, you could still try this pattern to include in a blanket or comfortghan.

Here’s another design by Drew called the Pentagon Dishcloth that does require blocking to get the right shape. In it’s unblocked state, the pentagon looks more like a miss-shaped circle.

The dishcloth is made with Lily’s in Soft Teal. (Can you tell I have a lot of Sugar and Cream in my cotton stash?) The pattern itself kept me on my toes, but I like the overall design and I learned a few crochet lace tricks along the way.

The Lacy Honeycomb Dishcloth is made with Lily’s Sugar and Cream in Over the Rainbow and Hot Orange. I’m thinking that this color scheme would have worked better if I used the orange as the main color. The pretty crochet design is lost in all that mishmash of color in the center. This dishcloth is on the small side (not necessarily a bad thing) but turned out to be a satisfying little project.

*That’s cool* a random fact

The bumblebee moth has transparent wings and a black and yellow body that makes it look like an ordinary bumblebee. This disguise allows the moth to infiltrate a bee’s nest and lay it’s eggs in the honeycomb.

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I agree that orange would have been better in the center of the Honeycomb dishcloth, but it stills looks very nice. Not a fan of lacy dishcloths unless they’re big enough to fold over. I don’t like my fingers poking through when I’m washing!! They make nice gifts, though.

What very nice wash clothes! Doesn’t it bite when you can’t show off your hard work yet. I am very excited to see your Through any window walkthrough! Glad to hear that your camera was able to be broken back into place. Have a nice day!